Thread by @I_am_the_Story

🔆US Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act April 2022 #Thread
1. In April 2022 11 Democratic and 5 republican senators cosponsored a bill introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks, H.R. 7311 "Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act".
#Russia #Africa #USA #EU

https://twitter.com/ThePollLady/status/1624682767404392449

2. Sec 2(b) of US “Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act” states - "(B) to hold accountable the Russian Federation and African governments and their officials who are complicit in aiding such malign influence and activities."
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3. In section 3(a)(1) of the act US wants to - (1) strengthen democratic institutions,😂 improve government transparency and accountability, improve standards related to human rights, labor, anti-corruption initiatives,
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3(b) fiscal transparency, monitor natural resources and extractive industries, and other tenets of good governance😂
After reading this part of act i could hold my tears for American social care extended to African societies😌😂
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4. After this Act and its text was released, African states were up in arms against punitive measures mentioned in bill to punish African governments and its officials just because they were establishing cooperating ties with Russia.
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5. South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said in Jan 2023 that the US Congress bill to combat Russian activities in Africa is contrary to international law and should be withdrawn.
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6. As retributive message to US, Russia and China hold naval excercise in India Ocean off the cost of South Africa in Jan 2023.
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7. In Jan 2023 it was disclosed that US is reportedly planning to establish military-industrial base in North African country of Morocco (pic above shows Nouasseur Air Base, former US base from 1951 to 1963 and potential site of new HQ).
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7(a) Plans made supposedly after Biden was shown CIA report detailing Russia’s influence across African continent - Russian relations going from strength to strength with Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco itself.
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8. In Jan 2023 at UN Session, US accused Russia of fanning ‘violent extremism’ in Africa.
The US accused Russian military contractors of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and “increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow”.
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9. One of the major reasons of US belligerence was that Mali received Russian warplanes and helicopters.
Mali's military said the shipment included one Sukhoi Su-25 attack plane designed to support ground troops, five Albatros L-39 and two Mil Mi-8s.
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10. In Jan 2023 USIC (United intelligence Community) featured in #TwitterFiles episode of
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showing lists they believed were connected to Russia’s Internet Research Agency and committing cyber ops, from Africa to South America to the U.S.
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@mtaibbi 11. In the middle of Africa, Russia is hugely popular. A two-year civil war in the Central African Republic has been stemmed with the help of Russian military instructors while universities in the capital city are introducing Russian as a third language.
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@mtaibbi 12. #US and its #European allies are not at all happy with #Russian influence spreading in #Africa.
President of the #EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, claimed in Dec 2022 that Russia is depriving vulnerable countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East vital access to food.

@mtaibbi 13. Now consider this in context of EU chief statement on Russia depriving food security to African Countries.
13.7 million metric tons of foodstuffs has been shipped from Ukraine under the "Black Sea Initiative" in 2022 including *43% corn for cattle feed.
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@mtaibbi 13(a) 32.2% of that amount just went to the top 3 consumers among high-income countries (UN classification): Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. - Russian Missian Geneva
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@mtaibbi 13(b) "Only 18.2% of foodstuffs went to the lower-middle/low-income countries: Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Algeria, Yemen, Iran, Vietnam, Kenya, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Pakistan, Somalia, Iraq, Morocco and Djibouti.
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@mtaibbi 14. Nearly 20 African Countries Are Interested in Developing the Peaceful Atom.
Creator of Africa4Nuclear Mtombeni: Russia Could Help 19 African Countries Develop Nuclear Power Plants.
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@mtaibbi 14(a) There are about 19 countries in Africa interested in developing nuclear power, and Russia could help them do so, stated Princy Mtombeni, a pro-nuclear activist and creator of the Africa4Nuclear project.
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@mtaibbi 14(B) South Africa, she added, envisages the possibility of launching nuclear power plants with a capacity of up to 2,500 megawatts, so African countries are “certainly interested in progress in this area”.
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@mtaibbi 15. In Oct 2022 #US released
"President’s National Security Strategy" in which some telling points or i must say kleptocratic lies were mentioned referring to #Africa.
state.gov/release-of-the…

@mtaibbi 15(a) 1. We will engage African countries as equal partners😌
2. We will press partners in Africa about human rights, corruption, or authoritarian behavior😂 (US way of saying that we will implement "DEMOCRACY")
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whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

@mtaibbi 15(b)
3. We will push back on the destabilizing impact of the Russia-backed Wagner Group in Africa
4. African countries are experiencing rising food and commodity prices made worse by Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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Refer to point 13.

@mtaibbi 16. Last year due to sanctions on Russia, shipments of fertilizer did put harvests in many parts of Africa under threat as rising prices made fertilizers inaccessible to farmers.
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@mtaibbi 16(a) The West pushed Africa to use more expensive, European-produced fertilizers, as anti-Russia sanctions make it difficult for Moscow to supply products to the continent.
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@mtaibbi 16(b) The West pushed Africa to use more expensive, European-produced fertilizers, as anti-Russia sanctions made it difficult for Moscow to supply products to the continent.
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@mtaibbi 16(c) After desperate please from African govt's Russian fertilizer producer Uralchem-Uralkali agreed with the Netherlands, Estonia and Belgium to supply cargoes of fertilizers stranded in those countries to Africa.
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16(d) Uralchem’s head Dmitry Konyaev stated in late Nov 2022 that the group was “actively working with the UN to organise free deliveries to Africa of more than 262,000 tonnes of mineral fertilizers that have been ‘frozen’ in EU countries”.
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So, US has made it clear that whether it is selling fertilizers to Africa or selling gas to Europe, only thing matters is profit to US and for rest of the world - "God Bless them with democracy and peace with due attention to human rights".
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